Pithy
['pɪθɪ] or ['pɪθi]
Definition
(adj.) concise and full of meaning; 'welcomed her pithy comments'; 'the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams'- Hervey Allen .
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Definition
(superl.) Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
(superl.) Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Forcible, energetic.[2]. Terse, laconic, brief, concise, short, compact, pointed, sententious, full of meaning, not loose, not verbose, not prolix.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Terse, laconic, pregnant, expressive, nervous
ANT:Weak, characterless, diluted, pointless, flat, vapid
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Examples
- Then, his preaching was ingenious and pithy, like the preaching of the English Church in its robust age, and his sermons were delivered without book. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A most pithy vaunt, said he--one that redounds vastly to the credit of your dear Yorkshire friends. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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